food vitamin and nutrient totals?

xxxpopeyexxx

i just started today. the database doesn't appear to provide nutrient and vitamin amounts for foods searched. am i correct or am i missing something?

AnnPT77

xxxpopeyexxx wrote: »

i just started today. the database doesn't appear to provide nutrient and vitamin amounts for foods searched. am i correct or am i missing something?

The database is crowd-sourced, but many/most entries should have the nutritional information that's on the label (for food products) or you should be able to find an entry with USDA-type complete information.

When you say it isn't there, what do you mean? Did you put the food in your food diary and see zeros all the way across? Or are you just looking at the selection list (which just has name & calories)? Or, if you click on an entry on the selection list, in some versions of the app you need to click an option to see the full nutritonal listing (such as it is), if you want to look before adding it to your diary.

xxxpopeyexxx

AnnPT77 wrote: »

xxxpopeyexxx wrote: »

i just started today. the database doesn't appear to provide nutrient and vitamin amounts for foods searched. am i correct or am i missing something?

The database is crowd-sourced, but many/most entries should have the nutritional information that's on the label (for food products) or you should be able to find an entry with USDA-type complete information.

When you say it isn't there, what do you mean? Did you put the food in your food diary and see zeros all the way across? Or are you just looking at the selection list (which just has name & calories)? Or, if you click on an entry on the selection list, in some versions of the app you need to click an option to see the full nutritonal listing (such as it is), if you want to look before adding it to your diary.

when i enter a food from the database in my diary it just shows Calories Carbs Fat Protein Sodium Sugar. it doesn't give the complete nutrient and vitamin amounts, etc.

AnnPT77

xxxpopeyexxx wrote: »

AnnPT77 wrote: »

xxxpopeyexxx wrote: »

i just started today. the database doesn't appear to provide nutrient and vitamin amounts for foods searched. am i correct or am i missing something?

The database is crowd-sourced, but many/most entries should have the nutritional information that's on the label (for food products) or you should be able to find an entry with USDA-type complete information.

When you say it isn't there, what do you mean? Did you put the food in your food diary and see zeros all the way across? Or are you just looking at the selection list (which just has name & calories)? Or, if you click on an entry on the selection list, in some versions of the app you need to click an option to see the full nutritonal listing (such as it is), if you want to look before adding it to your diary.

when i enter a food from the database in my diary it just shows Calories Carbs Fat Protein Sodium Sugar. it doesn't give the complete nutrient and vitamin amounts, etc.

If you click on the food in your diary (in the phone app but not the web app), you'll see all the nutrition breakout that's available (which still might not be everything you want, I don't know). Also, in the phone app you can look in the Nutrition menu option, nutrients tab, and see a weekly or daily summary. In the web app, the Reports menu option lets you get reports nutrient by nutrient. You can also customize what columns show in your diary, to show the things that are most important to you personally.

xxxpopeyexxx

ok, it looks like you need a premium account.

AnnPT77

I believe that Premium uses the exact same food database as free MFP, so the exact same nutrients, though it gives you some more diet-tweaking and monitoring options.

Things that aren't on food labels are not going to be in the database. Have you considered cronometer?

xxxpopeyexxx

AnnPT77 wrote: »

I believe that Premium uses the exact same food database as free MFP, so the exact same nutrients, though it gives you some more diet-tweaking and monitoring options.

Things that aren't on food labels are not going to be in the database. Have you considered cronometer?

ok, cronometer looks like it give the complete profile for a meal and food. thank you.

SiarlWard

I’m having the same issue! Recently I received a notification that my diet is deficient in vitamin A. I’ve logged many many veggies which contain A vitamin (leafy greens, carrots, beets, etc) but they show no vitamin a in the app. (Premium member, iOS app) what gives???

AnnPT77

SiarlWard wrote: »

I’m having the same issue! Recently I received a notification that my diet is deficient in vitamin A. I’ve logged many many veggies which contain A vitamin (leafy greens, carrots, beets, etc) but they show no vitamin a in the app. (Premium member, iOS app) what gives???

@SiarlWard, the MFP database is crowd-sourced, entered by regular MFP users. Some are meticulous, some aren't. Some have the vitamin A info at hand (such as on a product label), some don't and have no idea where to get it. That means that some items in the database are complete, current and accurate . . . but others aren't.

If I want accurate totals, I need to pick complete, accurate entries from the database. Once I log a food I've checked carefully, it stays in my recent/frequent foods as long as I keep eating it semi-frequently, so it comes up first when I go to log a food. I don't have to check every item every time.

crb426

In the phone app, you can click on the bottom of your food diary page, "nutrition", it's right underneath "complete diary". It will give you the total of your nutrition values for a lot more items, like certain vitamins and minerals.

And that's in the free version.

thehawksawus

I made a recipe for my supplements. Now, when I take my supplements, I just go to my recipes and record it. Hope that makes sense